First planned industrial community in the United States.

The clothes-washing king doubles as a community center with some unusual features, including an aviary filled with finches.

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

Grand opera on a miniature scale.

Take a break from all the boring business of death at this funeral home mini-golf course.

An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."

The beloved dining spot stands at the cross-section of Hollywood and the Old West.

An Old West film set seen in countless TV shows and movies is open for the public to explore.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

Twice a year, this road is closed off to allow for the migration of thousands of snakes, reptiles and amphibians between cliffs and a swamp.

An oversized metal construction of Billy Tripp's moods going through life.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

A decaying building marks the site associated with Emmett Till's brutal 1955 murder, which helped sparking the civil rights movement.

Tucked away on a hilltop in the backwoods of Mississippi lies the remains of a blues legend.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."